Tirukkural translations into Bengali

{{Translation sidebar}}As of 2015, there were at least four translations of the Tirukkural available in Bengali.

History of translations

The first Bengali translation was made in prose by Nalini Mohan Sanyal in 1939.{{cite book |editor1= Polilan|editor2=K. Gunathogai|editor3=Lena Kumar|editor4=Tagadur Sampath|editor5=Mutthamizh|editor6=G. Picchai Vallinayagam|editor7=D. Anbunidhi|editor8=K. V. Neduncheraladhan|title=Tiruvalluvar 2050 |page=682|url= |year=2019 |edition=1|publisher=Periyar Enthusiasts Group |location=Chennai|access-date= |language=Tamil|isbn= }} It was published by Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, with a foreword by the eminent Bengali Scholar Suniti Kumar Chatterjee. However, the work is presently out of print, with the only copy available at the National Library in Kolkata.{{cite book

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| jfm = }} The second translation was by E. C. Sastri in 1974. The third translation appeared in 1993 by N. Ramanuja Das, which was published in Khardah in West Bengal.{{Rp|p=36}} The second and third translations too were made in prose. There appears to be another translation by T. N. Senapathy, the details of which are not known.{{cite book|last1=Parthasarathy|first1=Sa.|last2=Ashraf|first2=N.V.K.|last3=Rajendiran|first3=C.|last4=Thangavelu|first4=Elangovan|last5=Duraisamy|first5=Senthilselvan|last6=Selvan|first6=Ajey Kumar|title=Thirukkural Translations in World Languages|year=2023|publisher=ValaiTamil Publications|location= Chennai}}{{Rp|p=37}} The first verse translation was made by Subramaniyan Krishnamoorthy, which was published in New Delhi by Sahitya Akademi.{{Rp|p=34}} Krishnamoorthy has also translated Cilappadikaaram into English published by M. P. Birla Foundation, Kolkata.

Published translations

  • {{cite book | last = | first = | title = Tirukkural (Ancient Tamil Poetry) | publisher = Sahitya Academi | volume = 1 | edition = | date = 2014 | location = New Delhi | pages = 148 | url = | isbn = 978-81-260-4719-2}}

See also

References

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